Legal Opinion
Christian v. City of Tuscaloosa
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 7, 1974No. 6 Div. 445PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIGH M. CLARK, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.
Appellant was found guilty by a jury of violating a city ordinance adopting for application in the City of Tuscaloosa and in its police jurisdiction all substantive misdemeanor laws of Alabama. The particular offense is charged in the complaint substantially in the language of Title 14, § 90, Code of Alabama, which makes it a misdemeanor for a person to have “in his possession any implement or instrument designed and intended by him to aid in the commission of burglary or larceny.”
The jury assessed a fine of $125 and the court sentenced him to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Spicer v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Pilkington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971
- Pilkington v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. SutfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
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- State v. MazowskiNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2001
- Arrington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987
- Horton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2016
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